Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-01-13
KANSAS NEWS.


Tney were 234,OOo more sheep in
1886 then in $3.50.
Two million swine eat cornson Kan
sas land this winters
The water rks at Dodge City are
completed aud i'll use
Since No9. ,287 ,55I pounds Of but
ter ha3e been sul& i'll Kansas.
Kansas people eeceive mail from
8ver $500 pustofficesin the state.
ComancAe county haa ele9ep news
pa pers. Land Office notices do sEo
A Hutchinson irm is making u
business OF shipping cats to Colorado.
Wellington will have free postal
delivery on the record made @year ago.
The Hutchisou Ne,cs dominates T.
T. Taylor for Cos rnoe two years
hence.
Winfield has Eoan and Building
association with Q capieiI stock of S3,-
100000.
The people of ScPheescn eoanty are
quite jublisnt ogcF heis gooa coal
prospect.
Russell county has 9otea sf35, 600
to the Fort SmitIto Kanses 81 Western
railroad.
The first train 09ep the u NJ & 4.
ran into Turen on No 6rs& day OF
January.
The col2red churches unise with the
others in observing the week of PRAYER
at Salina
A colony has been. formed'at Wich-
ita for going into the 9eHtra1 strip tor
settlement.
The ice on Che rivsp az Ottawa IS
frozen to depth suhicieut to pue up
ice for use.
Topeka feels greatlvelaee8 over the
completion Of the road which, conaect!-
her with Fort Scott.
A new Kansas book is the s.Earfy
"reminiscences of Pioneer Adte in kan:
ss@" by Rev. Jam . oShSx.
Garpgit .merckaH4s closed their ,pls-
, sees 'Sf EaG~iRess durlns the obse9uies o +.
General Logan.
L.avenwortb has soene about $3.50
900 for current expenses ddring the
past three Searso
The telegraph wire bias been com
pleted to William spors aa1 wili recn
Iuka in fe@ days.
Over eighty miles OfFnad have been
completed 90 the SesS end of the ID. +,
81. ~ q since last Julys :
Ice ten inches thick Is now being
slowed away to be used in Che Italian
cline of souther@ Kansas
Geuda Springs, having tw railroads
wants another, and already talks Of
street cars and electric hghtss
The County Koyote is . SIX columa
folio published at life town OF krarneys
in Kearney county, thaC is to be.
General Grant Posts Ne 3, Depars
ment of Kansas, Union Veterans U.re
ion, has been organized in Copek&
A Southern ktnsa0 paper says:
"Why don't the: come to southern Kan.
s&s to find the incest climate in Amer
ica?"
A Fort Scott paper. says There
are alb lut 10000 Bushels 'of sugar
cane seed to- be thrashed ut the sugar
works.
The Santa Fe will build a double
track from Kans rs City t, Topeka.
Work will be commenced early in the:
spring.
A Topeka paper is certain that there
are more beautiful young ladies Ia To-
peka than any other eIglteen cities in
Kansas.
The annual reunion of Normal teach
ers, graduates and students has been
held at Top ska, resulting in a most
pleasant affair.
The Clearwater Leader has suspend
ed, and the material will be taken to
Wichita to be used in the publication
of an aftern 'ou paper.
The Topeka Journal says; We fnd
that in Kansas there are 115 railroad
companies with an aggre gateo capital
stock of S609,745, 900.
On the 9th instant Lqwrence was
visited by destructive fire, resulting
in lpss of more than 'q'iarter. of a
million of dollars worth of.property.
The Eastern Kansas District M.di
cal society announces that their next
regular meeting will BE- hell in the
county court house, Lawrence. Jan. IL.